Shirakavan

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For the modren veelage cried Shirakavan, see Shirakavan, Armenie.

Shirakavan (Armenie: Շիրակավան, spelt Shirakawan an aw) kent bi the name Yerazgavors wis a medieval Armenie toun that, durin the 9t century AD, servit as the caipital for the Bagratid Kinrick o Armenie. The dounset haed declined intae a sma veelage bi the end o the 19t century, an the steid (which nou lees athin Turkis territory) haes been pairtly floodit bi the watters o a dam biggit on the Akhurian River.

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